10 April 2015 Halifax Man Arrested In Movie Leaks Investigation A joint investigation between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the City of London
Police, and the Motion Picture Association of America led to the arrest
of a man suspected of leaking top hit movies on the Internet.

08 January 2015 Department of Defense European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) Announcement The Department of Defense announced today the consolidation of some U.S. infrastructure in Europe, including the return of 15 sites to their host nations. These actions, taken as part of the European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) process, will save the U.S. government approximately $500 million annually. The Department of Defense also announced the first F-35 basing in Europe at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, a step which will bring new opportunities for collaboration between the U.S. and UK air forces.

16 October 2014 United States and United Kingdom Law Enforcement Share Forfeited Proceeds The [U.S.] Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering
Section, approved the sharing of $907,503.70 to the Home Office of the
United Kingdom, and the proceeds were wire-transferred in September
2014. This amount totaled approximately £564,013 at time of transfer.

11 June 2014 Military leaders meet in London for first time since WWII Yesterday saw London host the entire US defence staff for the first time since the 1940’s. The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) from the US and the UK met to discuss long-term strategic challenges the respective armed forces can expect to face together in the future.

04 June 2014 Bombers Arrive at RAF Fairford to Train and Exercise Capabilities Two U.S. B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and
one Minot Air Force Base, N.D., B-52 currently operating from Ellsworth
Air Force Base, S.D., arrived at Royal Air Force Fairford, England,
today, where Airmen will train and integrate with U.S. and allied
military forces in the region.

30 January 2014 DHS News Release Re Sentencing of British Sex Offender A United Kingdom citizen was convicted and sentenced Wednesday to
five years in prison for sexually abusing children to produce child
pornography, following a joint investigation by U.S.
Immigration and Customs enforcement’s Homeland Security
Investigations, the Dorset Police, and the National Crime Agency’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command. Mark
Luscombe, 29, of Verwood, England, was sentenced Jan. 29 to five years
in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court.

2013

12 December 2013 Two British Nationals Plead Guilty to Terrorism-Related Charges in New Haven Federal Court Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan pleaded guilty today in New Haven
federal court to conspiring to provide and providing material support,
including funds, personnel and physical items, to terrorists. The
charges stem from their involvement in, and operation of, “Azzam
Publications,” an entity in London that provided material support to the
Chechen mujahideen, the Taliban and associated terrorist groups.

13 November 2013 U.S. Mission Breaks Ground for New Embassy in London Today, in an important symbol of our enduring friendship with the United
Kingdom, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew W. Barzun,
Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Lydia Muniz,
and Ravi Govindia, Leader of Wandsworth Council broke ground on the new
U.S. Embassy in the Nine Elms neighborhood in London.

01 October 2013 Effects of 2013 U.S. Government Shutdown for the UK The
lapse in government appropriations means many activities of the U.S. Government
are being shut down. Within the legal limitations, there are certain types of
overseas activities carried out by the U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom that will
continue. The activities are those to protect
U.S. citizens, safeguard national security, and advance trade and economic interests.

19 September 2013 Invest in North America Conference October 1st at Guildhall Canada, Mexico and the United States are joining forces for the first
time to invite UK and European business leaders to learn more about
investing in one of the world’s most successful trading blocks,
representing a market of more than 460 million consumers.

21 June 2013 UK Citizen Paul Holmes Receives 2013 TIP Heroes Award Paul Holmes, of the United Kingdom, has received a 2013 TIP Heroes Award
for his expertise in promoting a victim-centered, human rights-based
criminal justice response to human trafficking, and for his development
of investigative techniques that are a model training tool used around
the world.

13 June 2013 U.S. Embassy YouTube Video Explains the G8 U.S. Embassy London has produced a fast paced and engaging YouTube video
explaining what the G8 is, how it is structured and why it exists in
its current format.

30 May 2013 United States and United Kingdom Law Enforcement Share Forfeited Proceeds In 2000, the National Crime Squad of England and Wales (NCS, now SOCA) initiated an undercover
investigation targeting chemical brokers and distributors involved in
distributing precursors for the production of
[MDMA or ecstasy]. Based on the lead provided by the
NCS, the DEA San Diego Field Division launched "Operation Triple
X." leading to the arrest of 26 individuals and the
seizure of approximately $836,000.00.

16 May 2013 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: ICE deports man convicted in Pennsylvania of attempted criminal homicide and assault to the UK A United Kingdom man, convicted of attempted criminal homicide and
aggravated assault in Pennsylvania, was deported from the United States
May 14. He was escorted to Belfast International Airport by officers
with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and
Removal Operations (ERO). The man was order removed from the United
States by a federal immigration judge.

26 April 2013 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: UK Citizens Guilty in International Investment Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme A federal jury found two citizens of the United Kingdom guilty Friday
for their role in an international investment fraud and money laundering
scheme following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S.
Secret Service.

26 April 2013 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: British Actor Pleads Guilty to Persuading Children to Produce Pornography – A British citizen and resident of Celebration pleaded guilty Thursday
to two counts of production of child pornography using the Internet. The
guilty plea resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security
Investigations Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office,
the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office
and the former Child Predator Cybercrime Unite of the Florida Attorney
General's Office.

16 April 2013 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: British man extradited to face child exploitation charges after HSI probe Richard Castle, 46, a resident of the United Kingdom, has been
extradited to the United States to face charges of coercion of a minor,
travelling with intent to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor
and transferring obscene material to minors. The charges are related to a
trip he allegedly made to Ohio from his home in order to have sexual
relations with a juvenile in June 2011.

01 November 2012 U.S. DoJ Press Release re British Businessman Christopher Tappin In federal court in El Paso this morning, 66-year-old British
businessman Christopher Tappin of Orpington, Kent, reversed his
not-guilty plea and admitted to attempting to export to Iran a special
component of the Hawk Air Defense Missile announced United States
Attorney Robert Pitman and Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Dennis
Ulrich, El Paso Division.

11 September 2011 9/11 Wreath Laying 11th September 2012 (8 photos at Facebook.com)
Ambassador Susman and his wife Marjorie placed a wreath at the 9/11
memorial in Grosvenor Square this morning. This afternoon as part of the
International Day of Service, Embassy staff will be cleaning up the
American garden in Battersea Park.

18 July 2012 Wychwood Dialogues Press Statement The Deputy Chief of Mission Barbara Stephenson recently introduced
a series of U.S. public policy discussions taking place at her home
“Wychwood House” December 2011. The discussions known as the "Wychwood
Dialogues” help UK audiences understand how certain U.S. policy
initiatives are advancing on local and state levels, while slowly being
enacted on the federal level.

10 April 2012 Decision of the European Court of Human Rights The United States is pleased with the finding of the European Court of Human Rights regarding defendants Babar Ahmad, Syed Ahsan, Mustafa Kamal Mustafa (Abu Hamza), Adel Bary and Khaled Al-Fawwaz.

03 April 2012 Visa Processing Fees To Change In Fiscal Year 2012, the Department of State estimates it will process
10.5 million nonimmigrant visas and one million immigrant visas and as
result, they are adjusting the fees for processing these visas to better
reflect the costs of providing these services.

05 January 2011 Fact Sheet: Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense After 10 years of war the United States and our military are at a strategic inflection
point. Seminal changes require a reshaping of our defense priorities. The global security
environment has grown more complex; at the same time as we end our military mission
in Iraq, transition our mission in Afghanistan, continue to pursue al Qaeda and
its leadership, and our nation faces serious deficit and debt problems.

04 January 2012 Foreign Press Center's 2012 Election Programming The U.S. Embassy London Press Office would like to make journalists aware of the Foreign Press Center 2012 Elections webpage. This page includes a link to sign up for e-mail updates; reference articles and materials; and contact information for state caucuses, primaries, and candidates. Updates will be posted on the webpage and sent out via email mailing lists as the election season progresses.

23 November 2011 Ambassador Susman's Thanksgiving Remarks at St Paul's Cathedral
"All Americans here in London appreciate the opportunity to mark
Thanksgiving amid the splendor of this magnificent cathedral. There
are few feelings to match the immense pride that comes from the sound
of 2,000 of our fellow citizens singing ‘God Bless America’."

18 October 2011 Report of the UK’s Independent Review Panel on Extradition The Extradition Panel, appointed by the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary
Theresa May in September 2010 to review the UK’s extradition practices,
has concluded that the U.S.-UK treaty is balanced and fair. The Home
Secretary presented the Panel’s report to Parliament today.

28 February 2011 Beware of Diversity Visa Scams on the Internet The U.S. Embassy in London has received thousands of enquiries from people who are victims of a world-wide scam involving the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program, also known as the visa lottery. The scammers behind these fraudulent emails and letters pose as the U.S. government in an attempt to extract payment from Diversity Visa applicants. To avoid becoming a victim of this scam, please read the following advice from the Embassy.

20 January 2011 Ambassador Susman on the 50th Anniversary John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
50 years ago today, President Kennedy’s words, spoken on a bright,
bitterly cold January morning in Washington, D.C., inspired a generation
of Americans, myself included, to seek opportunities for public
service. On that day I was in law school in St. Louis, and watched the
inaugural on TV, transfixed as our new President uttered the words that
would change countless lives.

28 November 2010 Statement by U.S.
Ambassador Louis Susman on Potential Wikileaks Disclosure "Any
unauthorized disclosure of classified information by Wikileaks has the very real
potential to harm innocent individuals as well as efforts to advance objectives
we share with the United Kingdom and nations around the world: nonproliferation
and arms control, addressing violent extremism, and promoting the spread of
democracy and human rights, to name just a few. Given the potential impact, I
condemn without reservation such unauthorized disclosures and my government is
taking steps to prevent future security breaches. We have briefed the U.K.
government and other friends and allies around the world about the potential
impact of these disclosures."

18 November 2010 Civil Society Leaders Share Stories of Afghanistan Three civil society leaders working on the ground in Afghanistan in the
areas of human rights, agriculture and women and child protection are
visiting the UK from 17 to 20 November to meet with British civil
society peers, think tanks and academics.

09 September 2010 U.S. Embassy London Statement on "Burn the Quran Day". The U.S. government is deeply concerned about all deliberate attempts to offend members of any religious or ethnic group. We condemn such acts as disrespectful, intolerant, divisive, and unrepresentative of American values.

26 July 2010 U.S. Letter Regarding Continued Detention of Megrahi The July 25 Sunday Times article, “Revealed: US double-talk on
Lockerbie,” included leaked excerpts of the August 12, 2009 letter from
U.S. Embassy Chargé Richard LeBaron to Scottish First Minister Alex
Salmond. The article does not accurately reflect the strong and
consistent opposition of the U.S. government to the release or transfer
under any scenario of convicted PanAm 103 bomber Abdelbasset
al-Megrahi. We are therefore taking the exceptional step of releasing
the full text of this letter and have informed British and Scottish
authorities.

16 April 2010 Bristol Community Celebrates Social
Cohesion through Music with Help of U.S. Embassy From April 12-16, eighteen
Fairfield High School students from diverse backgrounds learned improvisational
techniques and traditional music skills such as rhythm, pitch and melody during
a weeklong songwriting workshop aimed at encouraging individual creativity and
community cohesion through music. Three instructors from the U.S.-based Modern
Improvisational Music Association (MIMA), with funding from the U.S. Embassy,
led the workshops, in partnership with Bristol’s American-born High Sheriff
Peaches Golding, OBE.

29 March 2010 Wandsworth Student Wins Official
Study Trip to United States Priscilla Mensah's eyes widened and she gasped
as she heard her name announced before an audience of fellow students. The
student from Wandsworth's Burntwood School had just won the first prize for a
speech on citizenship she had delivered at a March 24th debate competition
hosted by the U.S. Embassy.

15 January 2010 U.S. Embassy London Commemorates Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. The United States Embassy will commemorate the life
and work of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through two events
honoring his legacy on Monday, January 18, 2010. In the morning U.S. Ambassador
Louis Susman and embassy staff will participate in a volunteer event at St.
Matthias Church in Poplar and in the afternoon Ambassador Susman will host
prominent civil rights activists and students for a memorial concert and reading
at his residence.

11 September 2009 Ambassador and Mrs. Susman Lay Wreath for Victims of 9/11 On the morning of the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon, Ambassador and Mrs. Susman placed a wreath at a memorial in Grosvenor Square honoring British victims. Accompanying them was Deputy Chief of Mission Richard LeBaron.

17 August 2009 New U.S Ambassador Arrives in London Touching down at Heathrow on a direct flight from Chicago, President Obama’s new Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis Susman and wife Marjorie Susman, arrived in London this morning. “Marjorie and I are delighted to be here in the United Kingdom. And I am grateful to the President for the confidence that he’s shown in asking me to represent the United States with our most trusted ally,” Ambassador Susman said on arrival.

26 June 2009 On July 28, 2008, Ambassador Tuttle at the American Embassy in London received a letter from an organization called Marine Environmental Monitoring. They said that an American seaturtle, called a Kemp’s Ridley seaturtle had been found in Devon in January 2007, and had been nursed back to health, but that they were having trouble getting the necessary paperwork to return the turtle to the United States. Could we help, they asked? U.S. Embassy London's involvement in her rescue is shown here on our Youtube video.

12 March 2009 Response to the Shooting of Policeman in Northern Ireland The United States commends the people of Northern Ireland and the authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland for their constructive response to recent sectarian murders. It is clear that the vast majority of people reject violence and murder as the tools of terrorism, not politics.

14 January 2009 Making Sure The Honeymoon Isn't Over : Newlyweds Advised to Avoid Post-Dated Passports if Travelling to the U.S. Travelers engaged to be married and planning to use a post-dated passport with a new surname to travel to the America for their honeymoon should be aware of changes in travel procedures that could affect their trip. This is due to the New Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) which recognizes only current and not post-dated passports. While ESTA can accommodate last-minute applications, honeymooners may want to consider obtaining a new passport in their married name after their trip.

09 January 2009 U.S. Embassy Press Notice on Guantanamo Bay Reports in the media suggesting that U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert Tuttle had confirmed that talks with the UK about Guantanamo Bay detainees were at an advanced stage and that a "formal request" had been made to the UK to accept detainees are erroneous.

2008

12 December 2008 One Month Away: New Requirements for British Citizens Traveling to the U.S. A rough estimate of the number of UK travelers heading to the U.S. next month indicates only about 50 percent of those who qualify to travel visa-free are registering with the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). The goal is to have 100 percent of all eligible UK travelers signed on by January 12 - just one month from now - when ESTA registration in advance of travel becomes mandatory.

24 November 2008 ESTA : New Requirements for British Citizens Traveling to the United States Beginning 12 January 2009, all nationals and citizens of Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries - including the UK - will be required by law to obtain a travel authorization prior to traveling to the United States under the VWP. Travelers can register for authorization online through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), a free Internet application administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through a U.S. government Web site. This web site is available today and all UK citizens planning to travel to the US in the future are encouraged to apply now.

21 November 2008 Don't Gamble on Fraud to Win the Diversity Visa Lottery Unscrupulous businesses and attorneys are trying to lure British citizens into participating in a visa program that's not available to them. The U.S. Embassy in London has received reports of organizations which claim that - for a fee - they can make it easier to enter or win the U.S. State Department's annual Diversity Visa (DV) lottery, also known as the "green card lottery."

26 June 2008 Press Briefing with Ambassador David M. Satterfield Ambassador David Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, discussed recent developments in Iraq at a June 26 press briefing at the Foreign Press Association in London, in which he described Iraq as "a dynamic country...experiencing considerable and significant transformation and evolution, the consequence of the last 18 months of steadily diminishing violence, progressive security, progressive stabilization."